Big production from Woodyard vs. Bengals

Woodyard led the Broncos in tackles in Sunday’s 24-22 win against Cincinnati with 13 total tackles, including 10 solo stops. Woodyard has started the past two games at weakside linebacker while Williams — the team’s leading tackler three of the last four years — has been recovering from a dislocated elbow.

Woodyard’s biggest play came on the Bengals’ final drive. Woodyard glued himself to tight end Jermaine Gresham and dove in front of Andy Dalton’s third-down pass. Dalton also threw incomplete on fourth down to seal the win for the Broncos.

“Before the play, I just asked God to put me in a position where I could go out there and make a play for my teammates,” Woodyard said. “He put me there, and I made a play. Big thanks to God and my teammates for believing in me.”

Nicki Jhabvala is a Broncos beat writer for The Denver Post. She was previously the digital news editor for sports. Before arriving in Denver, she spent five years at Sports Illustrated working primarily as its online NBA editor. She also spent two years as a home page editor at the New York Times.